Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Female Sympathy in Boston. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer provides a list of resolutions passed during a special meeting of the Massachusetts Female Emancipation Committee meeting held in 1850. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Antislavery movements--United States; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: anti-slavery; Boston; Congress; fugitives; kidnapping; law; Massachusetts; morality; petition; politics; slaves; women People: Ball, V. M.; Chaplin, W. L. Organization: Massachusetts Female Emancipation Committee Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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